This 1938 scrapbook page documents US Navy sailors on liberty at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, then a key training and coaling station for the fleet. The snapshots capture the informal side of naval life: sailors posing on a deck gun at the base entrance, a lighthearted photo of a shipmate climbing a palm tree, a portrait of 'Abbie,' a Boatswain's Mate Second Class, and the interior of a small local beer joint frequented by off-duty crew. Guantanamo Bay hosted extensive fleet exercises throughout the interwar period, and personal photo albums like this one preserve the everyday rhythms of shipboard and shore life aboard vessels such as the light cruiser USS Trenton. Project: 218720